Recent Submissions

Aesthetic creativity in the manipulation of technical elements of image and sound in a film lies at the heart of storytelling in cinema. As such, it is the aim of this study to interrogate critically how the film story is ...

Utilizing Kenya Schools and Colleges’ Drama Festival theatre space, this study investigates the use of theatre as a strategy for healing and reconciliation in the aftermath of conflict. On the assumption that plays performed ...

Just in the same way the African history was reconstructed through such elements as archaeological sources, oral traditions among others, Hilary Ngweno‘s The Making of a Nation documentary film series used the same principle ...

This study produced paintings through hybridization of material culture from two selected African communities. Hybridization in art happens when material cultures from two or more communities combine to create new forms. ...

This study aimed at exploring the use of flower paintings as a means of aesthetically
enhancing interior spaces of public hospitals within Nairobi City County. The study was
based on recent studies conducted in the United ...

The study investigated the place of music education in career development. The study
also investigated music related career opportunities that university music graduates
participate in on either transitional or professional ...

The use of glazes and glaze formulation has evolved over time and glaze styles have been developed with characteristics of certain world regions, out of the use of locally available materials. A pilot study conducted in ...

The Problem
Graphic communication in print media form that is available in
Kenya sometimes is not sensitive to the perceptual abilities or
aesthetic preferences of the public. It's importance in today's
world can not ...

In the last twenty years or so, there has been controversy about what would be considered as appropriate and effective approaches for teaching worship music in a multicultural Christian church setting. There has also been ...

The rich history of the Catholic Church vestment in Kenya is likely to be lost if
it is not documented as most faithful do not know the origins, changes or significance of
the vestments. Thus, Christians may not appreciate ...

Research has identified poor quality and unprofessionalism as factors that limit the appeal of Kenyan video films (Kenya Film Commission, Audience Consumer Trends Survey, 2010). This study investigates the problems that ...

While arranging Samia folk songs, many arrangers have not considered musical components that are important in its tradition, for example, syllabic intonation, scales and speech rhythm. The end result has been distortion ...

This study addresses the problem of translation of European hymns into Dho-luo with
specific reference to text and melody relationships. It focuses on the introduction of
western hymns into the Seventh-Day-Adventist ...

The study was carried out to determine factors affecting the teaching of indigenous Kenyan music in Nairobi Secondary Schools. The researcher, as a result of experience, had it difficult to use pro- Western music teaching ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate in depth the factors that affect music
dance step and movement in Kinze dance. The emphasis was to single out these factors
under three major areas, namely: The cultural, ...

This study is designed to investigate the strategies employed to raise the standards of music performance in selected Christian churches in Nairobi County. Lack of proper strategies is perceived to affect the music performance ...

The study was designed as an assessment of the impact of music instructional methods on
music curriculum implementation in the classroom in Kenyan secondary schools in
Nairobi County. Music instructional methods are ...

The study examined piano performance in Uganda, with specific reference to enrolment and
retention of proficient pianists. The report makes the submission that regardless of the high
student enrolment in various music ...